IB Music

1. Dafne
SAHELIAN MUSIC

2. Origins
 Sahel desert (Mali, Mauritania, Niger)
 Dogon people

3. Purpose
 Music: essential part of life
 Traditionally: usher the dead into the spirit
world during celebrations (Dama)
 Different Masks are worn
 Each mask has a song

4. Kanaga
 Mask: Bird
 Dance: galaxy orbiting  devised by the
Dogon creator Amma

5. Sirige
 Mask: “House mask”- added layer
everytime
 Dance: rotation of the earth

6. Satimbe
 Mask: woman
 Used red hibiscus fibers to disguise herself
 Frighten Dogon men

7. Instruments
 Yoruba rattle
 Hausa goge (fiddle)
 Hausa drum
 Hause flute

8. Example
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whAY9R
-_7ac

9. Works Cited
 "Africa- Explore the Regions- Sahel." PBS.
PBS. Web. 10 Nov. 2014.
<http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/explore/sahel
/sahel_music_lo.html>.